Hey everybody! It's me, PizzaTop21, and I'm back with a brand new story! I've enjoyed my little break (which was supposed to be longer, but I couldn't resist), but it feels good to be back in action! Enough of my blabbering, on to the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Big Time Rush.

"Dogs!" Gustavo yelled at the four members of Big Time Rush. "I'm giving you the rest of the day off. I have some… business to take care of."

While Kendall, Carlos, and Logan stared at Gustavo wonderingly, James felt a wash of relief come over him. He hadn't been feeling quite himself the past couple of days and he just wasn't up to the photo shoots, recording sessions, or whatever else Gustavo had planned for them today. Overall, he was feeling weak.

Of course, he would never tell his friends that.

Knowing them, they would overreact and hover over James like any movement would kill him and wouldn't let him do anything remotely fun for at least a week. Besides, James was convinced whatever was wrong would be better by morning. He just needed a bit of rest.

"So, since you have today off, you'll have to come in earlier and leave later tomorrow so we won't be behind schedule," Kelly said with her clipboard in hand. "Is that understood?"

Kendall groaned out loud. "Can't we just do it today?"

"Didn't you hear me?" Gustavo shouted in Kendall's face. "I HAVE BUISNESS TO TAKE CARE OF!"

Kendall glanced over to James, Carlos, and Logan. They were furiously shaking their head, no. He turned back to Gustavo. "Going to the man clinic?"

Gustavo's eyes narrowed and he visibly started to shake. Kelly kept looking back between Kendall and Gustavo.

Gustavo started to turn red and James, Carlos, and Logan rushed out the studio, Kendall closely in tow. They didn't stop until they got to the Palm Woods.

"You're an idiot, you know that?" Logan said to Kendall when they got to apartment 2J. "He was going to kill you, then turn on us."

"Cool it, Logan, it wasn't that a big a deal," Kendall groaned.

"I, personally, found it to be funny," Carlos piped in.

Logan shot a glare to Carlos. "No, it wasn't, Carlos."

"Who cares, Logan? Gustavo didn't kill us and we got the day off! What are we gonna do?" Carlos asked excitedly.

"Well, I believe there's only one thing to do, my young friend," Kendall said dramatically. "Let's go to the hockey rink!"

"Awesome!" Carlos shouted.

"Cool!" Logan said, completely forgetting about the earlier incident.

Kendall beamed at his friends' responses, but noticed that he only got two. Not three.

"James? You in?" Kendall said as he glanced over to James. He saw that James was sitting quietly on the couch, his head leaning on his arm. "James?"

Suddenly, James seemed to snap out of whatever he was in. "Sorry, what was the question?"

"You in for hockey?"

"Yeah, yeah, that'll be fun."

"Are you ok?"

"I'm fine," James said as he leaned back onto his arm. "But can we go a little later? I wanna take a little nap first." James really didn't want his friends to think that anything was wrong, but he knew he wouldn't be able to play hockey without a nap. He was just so tired.

"Yeah, sure, we can do that." Kendall looked at Logan and Carlos. They nodded their heads.

James got up and starting heading towards the room that he and Kendall shared. "Thanks, wake me up when we're about to leave."

"Yeah, ok."

Kendall, Carlos, and Logan heard James close his door and they all turned to each other.

"He never takes naps during the day," Carlos observed.

"Especially when he could be playing hockey instead," Kendall added.

"Have either of you noticed he's been acting a little strangely the past few days?" Logan asked. "He's been so tired lately."

"Yeah, I've noticed," Kendall said. "But it's not a big deal, right?"

Logan turned to him. "I'm sure it's nothing. It could just be how busy we've been, or maybe he's coming down with the flu?" Logan meant to say it as a statement, but it came out more as a question.

"Yeah, it's probably just the flu," Kendall reluctantly agreed.

"He'll be fine," Carlos agreed.

Ok, there we go. Sorry the first chapter was so short, the next one will be longer. So what did you all think? Was it good? Was it bad? Was it just so horrible you want to throw your computer out the window? PLEASE TELL ME!